{"product_id":"jim-the-life-and-afterlives-of-huckleberry-finns-comrade-hardcover","title":"Jim: The Life and Afterlives of Huckleberry Finn's Comrade - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShelley Fisher Fishkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe origins and influence of Jim, Mark Twain's beloved yet polarizing literary figure\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mark Twain's Jim, introduced in \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e (1885), is a shrewd, self-aware, and enormously admirable enslaved man, one of the first fully drawn Black fathers in American fiction. Haunted by the family he has left behind, Jim acts as father figure to Huck, the white boy who is his companion as they raft the Mississippi toward freedom. Jim is also a highly polarizing figure: he is viewed as an emblem both of Twain's alleged racism and of his opposition to racism; a diminished character inflected by minstrelsy and a powerful challenge to minstrel stereotypes; a reason for banning \u003ci\u003eHuckleberry Finn\u003c\/i\u003e and a reason for teaching it; an embarrassment and a source of pride for Black readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eminent Twain scholar Shelley Fisher Fishkin probes these controversies, exploring who Jim was, how Twain portrayed him, and how the world has responded to him. Fishkin also follows Jim's many afterlives: in film, from Hollywood to the Soviet Union; in translation around the world; and in American high school classrooms today. The result is Jim as we have never seen him before--a fresh and compelling portrait of one of the most memorable Black characters in American fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShelley Fisher Fishkin\u003c\/b\u003e is the Joseph S. Atha Professor of Humanities, professor of English, and professor (by courtesy) of African and African American Studies at Stanford University. She is the author or editor of many books, including \u003ci\u003eWriting America: Literary Landmarks from Walden Pond to Wounded Knee\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWas Huck Black? Mark Twain and African American Voices\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of the twenty-nine-volume \u003ci\u003eOxford Mark Twain\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Stanford, CA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978218832173,"sku":"9780300268324","price":27.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/8r1P-HuQZl9780300268324.webp?v=1775801084","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/jim-the-life-and-afterlives-of-huckleberry-finns-comrade-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}